December 20th
173 Notable deaths
Yury Tynyanov
Russian writer (1894–1943).
Born November 18th, 1894 in Rēzekne.
Died December 20th, 1943 at 49 years old in Moscow (multiple sclerosis).
Lucien Petit-Breton
French cyclist.
Born October 18th, 1882 in Plessé.
Died December 20th, 1917 at 35 years old in Troyes (traffic collision).
Enrico Mizzi
Prime minister of malta (1885-1950).
Born September 20th, 1885 in Valletta.
Died December 20th, 1950 at 65 years old in Valletta.
Guglielmo Oberdan
Italian failed assassin (1858-1882).
Born February 1st, 1858 in Trieste.
Died December 20th, 1882 at 24 years old in Trieste (hanging to death).
Celso Bugallo Aguiar
Spanish actor.
Born March 12th, 1947 in Lagarei.
Died December 20th, 2025 at 78 years old in Pontevedra. [ref]
Igor Severyanin
Russian poet.
Born May 16th, 1887 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1941 at 54 years old in Tallinn (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Yoshimitsu Morita
Japanese film director (1950–2011).
Born January 25th, 1950 in Chigasaki. [ref]
Died December 20th, 2011 at 61 years old in Tokyo (acute liver failure). [ref]
Käthe von Nagy
Hungarian actress (1904-1973).
Born April 4th, 1904 in Subotica.
Died December 20th, 1973 at 69 years old in Los Angeles.
Robin Reed
Olympic wrestler (1899–1978).
Born October 20th, 1899 in Pettigrew.
Died December 20th, 1978 at 79 years old in Salem.
Boris Hessen
Russian philosopher and physicist (1893-1936).
Born August 28th, 1893 in Kropyvnytskyi.
Died December 20th, 1936 at 43 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 173
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel